The stipulations of the film's situation and the assumption of the story are not the same as the sketch after all. The goose city scene built in imitation of American westerns, inexplicably came to a big panorama. Since there is no reference to the outside scenery, it seems that everything inside is fake, the square is fake, and the arcades on both sides are fake. , the shirtless man who came out is fake, in short, Zhang Yimou's faults are all accounted for. It is true that you can play with symbols, but in the hypothetical story of this movie, there is not much room for symbols to play. The train is bombed to the sky and a drop of hot pot juice is still hypothetical, but the four carriages pull the falling silver, then it overflows. The language of the novel and the language of the film do not match everywhere. This requires the screenwriter and director to have a clear sense of the boundaries of the overall scene created by the vision. Crossing the boundary will lead to a play, whether it is Jiang Wen who repeats himself in the sun also rises. The shotgun shoots the bird, or the bullet flies. Inside, he repeatedly called on everyone to kill Huang Shilang on horseback. All by himself, he stripped away the stipulations of the situation. Just like Wang Xiaobo, he liked to go to the front and shout how he was doing. It was nothing more than repeated Tell everyone that I'm the coolest, right? Movies don't play that way.
In addition, the hypothetical situation of the confrontation between the two sides is also very uncomfortable. Several times, the scenes that can kill or not look awkward, although they all explain the past with lines such as I want Huang Shilang's silver or I want to play with these two mice, and even give a bullet to the loser in the end. Self-cutting, these are all awesome goals, but to achieve these awesome goals requires very careful construction of bridges. It’s a pity to see the words rolling away, but the seams of the plot are completely disintegrated and degummed. Copycat Nike shoes like. Everyone sticks to four tubes, how can they not tell the difference? Why can't you just listen? Separated and shot each other, why did one side all hang up? Not dealt with. In other words, the biggest mistake in game planning is that the balance of the battle is destroyed. If you look at other western gangster movies, the balance of strength of both sides is very well grasped, so that the survival of every soldier and soldier is justifiable and documented. Here in Jiang Wen, if you want a Hongmen banquet, you need ten sides. An ambush is an ambush from all sides, and the five matters of the soldier are not asked. Alas, isn’t this on the same level as those domestic anti-Japanese films that do not understand the truth of making war films, even war or death on both sides.
In short, I really wanted to rely on Jiang Wen to destroy Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, but this is a good time, and I have to swallow it. Well, overall it's worth the price.
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